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Posted on April 18, 2024

In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023)

Liam Neeson’s latest foray into violence-laden action films is a little more nuanced than his usual fare. This time he is Finbar Murphy, a widower living in a cottage in the small coastal town of Glencolmcille, Donegal during the Troubles of the mid-70s. He is a good neighbor to the older Rita (Niamh Cusack) across the …

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Posted on December 11, 2019December 15, 2019

The Irishman (2019)

Based on his memoir, this is the story of how mobster Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran rose up in the Mafia, becoming a hitman & friend of Teamster Jimmy Hoffa, whom he allegedly killed.

Posted on February 24, 2017February 24, 2017

John Wick: Chapter 2 (2016)

One more thriller about a hit man, largely set in a Roman catacomb turned into a wild night spot, where our hero kills a woman & hordes of goons unable to shoot straight.

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